ÉCU 2024 Calls for Entries

The European Independent Film Festival (ÉCU) discovers, promotes and projects the best independent films from around the world every year at La Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris. This year's festival will take place on the 13th, 14th & 15th March, 2024.

Approximately one hundred films will be selected to compete in thirteen categories including features, shorts, documentaries, animation, student films and experimental.

The festival’s ‘official selection’ will represent the pinnacle of contemporary filmmaking talent from around the world and compete for twenty-two awards including the prestigious title of “Europe’s Best Independent Film”. At ÉCU 2024, dozens of distribution agreements were signed, and several films were sold directly after their screening.

Since its inception four years ago, ÉCU has become the premier arena in Europe for independent filmmakers to screen their films to large international audiences, to network with producers, talent scouts, agents and distributors as well as exchange ideas with other indie filmmakers.

The ÉCU festival is regularly referred to as Europe’s version of the Sundance Film Festival.

Independent filmmakers are invited to submit their films on their website.
Deadline is January 15, 2024.